The Xbox 360 Has Just One Exclusive For 2013

laygamer.net: 2012 is done and dusted for gaming this year, with Far Cry 3 being the last real notable release on the gaming calendar. Well, except for those Wii U games that Geoff is burning his life-force away to get finished and reviewed. And that Epic Mickey game on the 3DS that I’m certain is a form of a divine punishment. But enough of that! What’s 2013 got in store for gamers then, huh? Let’s take a looksie.

It seems Microsoft has already moved its major studios to next gen development. Playground Games made Forza Horizon while Turn 10 works on a true next gen Forza sequel. 343i has already revealed work on the next Halo has started and People Can Fly are developing Gears of War Judgement which leads me to assume Epic is already at work on a next gen Gears of War game. I haven't seen anything on Crytek's XBox exclusive title since it was announced almost 2 years ago so I'm assuming that will be released next gen as well. Microsoft doesn't have many exclusive IPs so it's not surprising to see them ready for a next gen console release by prepping what they do have for a console release timetable.

This --> "Turn 10 works on a true next gen Forza sequel" just made my day! Forza alone is reason enough for me to pony up for new hardware. I hope it's a release title and they continue to support triple screens.

So let's go month for month and see WHEN the BIG exclusives and Multiplats come out to get a the true whole picture of what the gaming landscape will be prior to 2013.

First let's set up January for the now 7 year old 360..

On January first MS will have come off a holiday where the biggest exclusive of 2012, Halo 4 will be less than 2 months old and will still chart huge in 2013. Not only that, but just like the VGA world premiere trailer showed H4's co-op spartan Ops episodic campaign starts in 23 Jan 2013.

While the the PS3 gets a worldwide Jan release of Japan's Nu No Kuni that came out in Nov of this year.

E3 2013 arrives where we are speculating that the Xbox 720 and the PS4 will be announced.

But if you can speculate about other titles on other systems that have no release date and are simply projected to release in 2013, then you have to point to the the fact that we know two things that are projected for the 360.

- Summer of Arcade of Xbox Live with projected titles that were shown on last year's E3 stage

- Bungie's Destiny which is rumored to be an Xbox 360 exclusive.

At the end of the day,the most notable exclusives early on is that the God of War/ Gears of War prequel battle will be great for both consoles.

And that Naughty Dogs Last of Us will be huge for the PS3, but it comes in the shadow of the collossus (pun intended) Grand Theft Auto 5, which will stop the entire gaming planet when released in the Rockstar 'launch window'

This is still the same games we have played for years. MS needs to have their studios do something else. Turn 10 could make an RPG, Epic could make a fighting game, 343i is stuck with Halo, but other Ms developers could start doing something original and fresh. It doesn't hurt to innovate a little.

Alan Wake was going to be a PC game (and originally open world, but I'm SURE we don't have console limitations, that came into play after Microsoft stepped in, to thank for that /s) and Bioshock launched on PC same day as 360.

And Gears was only revolutionary in popularizing generic cover-based romps.

True. Id love to see microsoft redo a version of nfl fever provided e.a and the nfl can get out of bed. Im all anout some halo...the universe is filthy rich with content. Forza alright. And gears is dead not much to appealing after 3's story arch. Would like to see some ages of the empires on xbox. Munches oddesy maybe...Psychonaughts 2. Halo 2 remake?

I'm sure Microsoft has some XBLA titles coming exclusively to the 360 next year and maybe a hidden retail title that is not Kinect required. Then again, they could always leave to third party like the did with the first Xbox.

Why does all the sites that talk about the games coming out in 2013 use that image, if there are errors on it. Where is MLB 13: The Show?

There are quite a few mistakes, and omissions for instance I see they are missing a few PC exclusives like : starforge,warface (crytek), marvel heroes online, x:rebirth (looks stunning) and mount and blade 2 (on a new engine). I think this does give a good idea though.

As an owner of both consoles, I can't help but be disappointed with Microsoft's steady decline of exclusives over the last couple of years. Even if they have XBLA titles, that's still isn't enough because 9 times out of 10 every game isn't going to be a sure fire hit.

One thing that no gamer will deny is that at least Sony had a healthy dose of exclusives this generation. Last Of Us will be the game everyone will be talking about next year. I can guarantee that 100%.

I bought Minecraft over 2 months ago and its the best 1600 MS points that I have spent...I always wondered what the hype was for this pixelated game but after playing it I see what people were talking about.

MS made a smart move on making MC a 360 console exclusive...you would be surprise how many kids ask there mom for a 360 just to play MC.

Mark my words as the economy is getting worst more people will be looking to buy XBLA and indie games over $60 retail games.

99% of the gamers on N4G are US or EU people. Ninokuni DS isn't the same game(graphics are way more ambitious on PS3, and the battle system is different, for exemple), and none of those games has ever reached US or EU. All those games release EXCLUSIVELY ON PS3 in 2013 in our territories. Except Yakuza 5, who has no date (and may never have) for now.

It does count as a game, but it can't be singled out for being released in the US after a period of time because it was released in another region before reaching another.

I asked you the same thing about The Last Story and Xenoblade, why is it that it is still consider an exclusive and a new release for that system when it was releasing last year, but not PS3 Japanese localized games?

The game is still a new release for that year in a new region and that is why it should be listed. Your post was so vague that, we can take it anyway and it could be completely wrong as to what you were trying to get at.

Yeah, that appears to be the most logical answer. It's evident that this E3 will be the announcement of the Nextbox and the holiday season will be the release. I am sure all these Xbox 360 games being released next fall will also be nextbox games with a 360 version.

It's pretty clear both Microsoft end Sony are waiting for next gen to show all the games. Most of the games will come for both current and next gen, it would be stupid to show the games on current before showing next gen versions. PS3 and X360 will still have strong support, but expect BIG things from Sony and MS next year.